diesel vs zed
diesel and zed share 7 technologies: sqlx, libsqlite3-sys, Postgres, Tokio, sea-orm, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
diesel-rs
diesel
A safe, extensible ORM and Query Builder for Rust
Rust14.2kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 545b6a1What is diesel built with?Only in diesel
In common
zed-industries
zed
Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Rust94.5kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 22580c6What is zed built with?Only in zed
- axum
- tower
aws-sdk-s3
- db
- sqlez
- sqlx-postgres
aws-sdk-kinesis
- lru
- heed
- moka
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- gpui_web
node_runtime
- smol
objc2-foundation
- wasmtime
- tiny_http
- core-services
- theme
- theme_settings
- font-kit
- core-text
- swash
- command_palette_hooks
- component
- copilot_ui
- git_ui_core
- gpui_platform
- menu
- notifications
- open_path_prompt
- picker
- picker_preview
- platform_title_bar
- tasks_ui
- terminal
- terminal_view
- title_bar
- ui
- ui_input
- vim_mode_setting
- zed_actions
accesskit
- wgpu
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- etagere
- wayland-client
alacritty_terminal
taffy
- xkbcommon
- wayland-protocols-plasma
- console
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
lyon
- notify-rust
- wayland-cursor
- file_icons
icons
- emojis
sea-orm-macros
- sqlez_macros
- credentials_provider
- oauth_callback_server
- zed_credentials_provider
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- acp_thread
- agent
- agent_servers
- agent_skills
- agent_ui
- ai_onboarding
- cloud_llm_client
- codestral
- context_server
- copilot_chat
- edit_prediction
- edit_prediction_context
- edit_prediction_types
- harbor
- language_model
- language_model_core
- language_models
- ollama
- open_ai
- prompt_store
- zeta_prompt
agent-client-protocol
- markdown
- markdown_preview
- image
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- handlebars
- mdbook
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
- log
- env_logger
- simplelog
- perf-event
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
dieselzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
diesel192,214 lines written407 code files
zed1,842,123 lines written1,778 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
diesel0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Codex
zed0.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
dieselLast push November 7, 20266,187 commits14,227 stars
zedLast push November 9, 202637,581 commits94,524 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
diesel378 test files4.2% of its code files have a test that imports them
zed140 test files18.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, diesel or zed?
zed, with 1,842,123 lines written; diesel has 192,214.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which has more GitHub stars, diesel or zed?
zed, with 94,524 stars; diesel has 14,227.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, diesel or zed?
diesel, with 378 test files; zed has 140.
The proof: diesel-rs/diesel's code at commit 545b6a1
Which was updated more recently, diesel or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and diesel's on November 7, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, diesel or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor; in diesel, 0.3%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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